Styptic attachment for razors



Y 3, T1951 s. s. cEsAR STYPTIC ATTACHMENT FOR RAZORS I Filed Jan. 25, 1949 Attorney Patented July 3, 1951 STYPTIO ATTACHMENT FOR RAZORS- Simon Sarch Cesar, London, England Application January 25, 1949, Serial No. 72,714 In Great Britain March 3, 1948 2 Claims.

This invention relates to devices for attachment to the handles of safety razors and more particularly to devices by means of which a styptic element may be combined with said handles, and it has for its object to provide means for enabling a styptic to be applied to a cut instantaneously, and to this end it is proposed to form the device of a metal or other suitable sleeve forming a casing, means for supporting a styptic element in said casing, and a plurality of spring fingers provided on said casing by means of which said device when slipped on the end of the handle of a safety razor may be secured in position.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a safety razor illustrating a holder constructed according to one embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the device illustrated in Figure 1 drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a section on line III- -III of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a side elevation illustrating a further embodiment of the device.

Figure 5 is an end view thereof.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of a still further embodiment of the device.

Figure 7 is a section on line VII-VII of Figure 6.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, l is the handle of a safety razor provided with a circumferential groove 2 near its free end.

The holder for a styptic element 3 comprises a substantially cylindrical shell or sleeve 4 which may be formed from a strip of resilient sheet material, the longitudinal edges 5 of the bent strip being left free to move relatively when the sleeve 4 is radially expanded against its spring action.

The styptic element 3, which comprises a spherical ball, is rotatably mounted at one end of the shell 4, and may be provided with a through bore for the passage of a pivot pin 6, while the other end of the cylindrical shell 4 is extended to form a number of spring fingers l which may be slipped on the free end of the handle of a safety razor to secure the device on said handle each finger is formed with a plurality of inwardly projecting undulations 8 near its root, so as to form stepped resilient shoulders designed to serve as a stop for the end of the handle and to prevent side wobble, and one or the other of said undulations will enter the groove 2 in the razor handle and thus give further support to the device. A clamping ring 9 cooperates with the fingers [3 to lock the device on the razor handle I, the fingers I being preferably serrated or other- 2 wise roughened to increase resistance to accidental movement of the ring 9.

The inwardly projecting undulations 8 also serve to accommodate handles of varying diameters whether provided with an annular groove or not.

A lid, or cover, by which the styptic element 3 may be covered when not in use, is formed as a hemi-spherical cap Ill, and in the illustrated embodiment the pivot pin 6 which carries the ballshaped styptic element 3 is mounted in this cap H3, which itself is pivoted in the shell 4 by means of a pair of trunnions II which are formed on the cap and engage holes in the shell 4.

With this arrangement the cap I0 can be tilted from a closed position into an open position in which it is accommodated in the shell 4, behind the styptic element 3 so as not to interfere with the use of the styptic.

A lip or handle [2 is provided at the edge of the lid In and arranged to engage one or the other of two recesses i3 at the outer edge of the shell 4 for limiting the pivotal movement of the lid and, if desired, to produce a clip action with the recesses l3.

Figures 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 respectively illustrate simplified forms of the invention in which the clamping ring 9 is omitted, the spring action of the spring fingers being relied upon for holding the device on a razor handle.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 4 and 5, the fingers l4 have a single depression or corrugation l5 for engagement with the end portion of the razor handle I, with or without a groove 2, the free ends [6 of said fingers being folded over or otherwise rounded. The styptic element 3 is supported by a pair of dimples [8 formed in the cap 10 arranged to enter suitable recesses provided in the styptic element 3 thus replacing the pivot pin 6.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figures 6 and '7 the razor handle I is not provided with a groove, and the fingers 89 are formed with a single depression 20 arranged to grip the handle I adjacent the end, and with cut-out auxiliary resilient tongues 2! arranged to press on the handle I to give additional support for the device.

What I claim is:

1. A styptic element attachment for the handles of safety razors comprising a short length of tubing forming a casing, a spherical styptic element, means for rotatably supporting said styptic element in the casing So that it projects from one end thereof, a hemi-spherical cover pivotally mounted at that end of the casing for protecting the styptic element when not in use, and a plurality of spring fingers provided on the other end of said casing for securing the attachment in position on the end of the handle of a safety razor.

2. A styptic element attachment for the handles of safety razors comprising a short length of tubingiorming a casing. a plurality of spring fingers provided on one end of said casing for securing it in position on the end of the handle of a safety razor, a hemi-spherical cover pivotally mounted at the other end of said casing, two diametrically opposed inwardly directed projections on said cover and a spherical styptic element having two diametrically opposed dimples therein for receiving said projections to hold the styptic element in position.

SIMON SARCI-I CESAR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 

